Reading Reflection: Week 6

Our assignment for this weeks reading reflection was to read Michael Porters:The Five Forces that Shape Competitive Strategy from the January 2008 Harvard Business Review. This article discusses the different strategies toward building a business. Porter emphasizes the use of strategic competition to help build a business. Their are five forces discussed in this article and I found one of the most confusing parts of the reading was finding the balance between them all. After reading this article I did a bit more research into the subject and found subsequent explanations on the matter, including youtube videos, and more articles by Porter. I would like to ask Porter why he didnt expand on this information in his initial article. The one thing above all else that I agreed with the author about was the fact that competition pushes us to be our best. I have always found that I do better when I am trying to beating something/someone even if its competition with myself. I would also ask Porter if he experienced competition within himself when he first began? Or was it the push of other people also excelling that made him want to be the best?